Bingo! I'm a Republican and have worked on Wall Street in NYC for more than 20 years. It's always been acceptable to be a Republican — so long as you don't mention you're anti-abortion — but things are very different this election-time around. Now, we Republicans, who are fairly high in number at investment firms, are divided into two groups: those who are vocal about how they are going to vote for HRC instead of Trump, and those (like me) who are keeping quiet. I'd say 90% of the first group are indeed going to vote for HRC, while 10% are lying and will vote for Trump; while 90% those of us in the second group will vote for Trump but are not going to talk about it because we've NEVER heard such disparaging thing said about any types of voters as Wall Street people are saying about Trump supporters.
Now, before you accuse me of being obsessed with other peoples’ opinions of me, or assert that I am a coward who won't talk up Trump, please understand how difficult things are on Wall Street today. I have no doubt that, if I talk up Trump, and Trump ends up winning, that I shall end up losing my job within, say, six months of the election. Would by boss be stupid enough to tell my firm he wants me fired because I voted for Trump? No, of course not. But you can bet when the inevitable next round of layoffs starts, my name would be on the list. So, I am donating to Trump's campaign and I'll vote for him, but I am keeping my mouth shuts. Because people like THEM will find a away to punish people like US...you can bet on it.
Shameful that it’s even come to that, anywhere in this country. I can certainly believe it’s happening on Wall St. They are SO in the tank, for Hellary, they’re not even hiding their own ‘at any cost’ preference for her.
Watching lefty the WS/econonomy pundits, since Brexit, has been especially eye opening. Their fear mongering in in full throttle spin mode, since.
Praying Trump gets elected and that attitudes EVERYWHERE will change...so that we can, once again, speak freely about our political views and choices, regardless of where we live or work, in the USA.